Sailer: No Rest for the 'Wicked' Audience
The first act of the colossally lucrative Broadway musical is finally a movie.
From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
No Rest for the Wicked Audience
Steve Sailer
November 27, 2024Your opinion of the hit movie Wicked: Part 1, a 160-minute extrapolation of the 90-minute opening act of the Broadway musical Wicked, depends upon your answer to the question: When it comes to Wicked, can there be too much of a good thing?
Wicked, a prequel to The Wizard of Oz about the freshman year in sorcery school of the rivals Glinda, the Good Witch, and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, has made approaching $1.7 billion just in Times Square since opening in 2003. Evidently, a lot of people really like it, the more of it the better, and they can’t wait for the film of the second act next Thanksgiving.
Then again, a lot of people (many of them straight men) think a little Wicked goes a long way.
On the third hand, if you aren’t very familiar with the current platinum age of Broadway, seeing the movie version of Wicked can be a cheap way to familiarize yourself with a representative 21st-century musical.
Read the whole thing there.
Dinklage is a very talented actor and also a hypocrite. He advocated against using dwarfs in the Snow White remake while he continues to book an endless stream of high paying roles.
Steve you were in rare form today, calling cheugy Hamilton fans “rich obama voters” was so catty and cutting (also “face made for cheap seats”!) You made me smile, I hope you have a joyous thanksgiving